The Edison Project 2015 List
[Strike-through represents a completed item]
Completed
Incomplete
365 Project- Make a song
- Study a language
- Past life regression
- Visit one of the home nations
- Learn to play a musical instrument
- Create and sell a piece of art
- Design and sell an item of clothing
- Join a gym and bulk up
- Visit one of the seven wonders of the world
- Visit a random city abroad and take a stranger for a meal
- Climb a mountain
- Take part in a running event
- Surf a wave
- Go scuba diving with sharks
- Watch a football match at the Nou Camp, Bernabeu,
San Siroand Maracana - Experience Rio Carnival in Brazil
- Learn to dance
- Experience the Northern Lights
- Fly a plane
- See the cherry blossom in Japan
- Watch a sumo wrestling fight in Japan
- Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
- Couch surf
- Drive a super car
- Learn to sail
- Get married
- Have children
- Learn to stargaze
Own a petComplete a road trip- Cook a meal for my mum
Bake a cake- Go on a safari
- Go fishing and catch a fish
- Sleep outside beneath the stars
- Eat in San Sebastian
- Go to Burning Man
- Go to a football World Cup
- See a Formula One Grand Prix race
- Have a photo with a Hollywood star
- Swim with dolphins
- Take part in a TV show
- Donate blood
- Go speed dating
- Stay in a bungalow in Bora Bora
- Visit every continent
- Experience Oktoberfest
- Experience a bull fight
- Go rock climbing
- Go to a ballet
- Go to an opera
- Play in a poker tournament
- Visit a vineyard in France
- Drink a cup of coffee in Milan
- Buy a tailored suit
- Try every restaurant in Brookmans Park
- Shave my hair off
- See the Pittsburgh Steelers live in the US
- Watch a space shuttle/rocket launch
- Send a message in a bottle
- Spend a day saying yes
- Learn to make a signature cocktail
- Abseil down a tall building
- Cut down a tree with an axe
- Sleep in a tree
Sleep in my parents garden- See whales in the wild
- Sleep in a castle
Eat snailsLearn to make a balloon animal- Build an igloo
- Visit a Buddhist monastery
- Visit five temples in Cambodia
- Start a fire on a beach
- Go horse riding
- Ride a rickshaw
- Visit Auswitz
- Stay in a ice hotel
- Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- See the Tour de France
- Learn a magic trick
Visit the Eden Project- Fly to a random location in Europe and work my way home
Visit at least one European capital city [Reykjavik, Monaco]Learn to cook/bake a new item each month- Learn to graffiti
Learn some origami- Take part in a flash mob
- Learn the national anthem and sing with pride at an international sporting event
- Learn to juggle four balls
Climb the O2- Create a tie-dye piece of attire
See a volcanoRead one book a month- Visit Fussen
- Visit the Lake District
Visit the Tower of LondonRide a SegwayGet someone else to start a bucket list
365 Project- Make a song
- Study a language
- Past life regression
- Visit one of the home nations
- Learn to play a musical instrument
- Create and sell a piece of art
- Design and sell an item of clothing
- Join a gym and bulk up
- Visit one of the seven wonders of the world
- Visit a random city abroad and take a stranger for a meal
- Climb a mountain
- Take part in a running event
- Surf a wave
- Go scuba diving with sharks
- Watch a football match at the Nou Camp, Bernabeu,
San Siroand Maracana - Experience Rio Carnival in Brazil
- Learn to dance
- Experience the Northern Lights
- Fly a plane
- See the cherry blossom in Japan
- Watch a sumo wrestling fight in Japan
- Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
- Couch surf
- Drive a super car
- Learn to sail
- Get married
- Have children
- Learn to stargaze
Own a petComplete a road trip- Cook a meal for my mum
Bake a cake- Go on a safari
- Go fishing and catch a fish
- Sleep outside beneath the stars
- Eat in San Sebastian
- Go to Burning Man
- Go to a football World Cup
- See a Formula One Grand Prix race
- Have a photo with a Hollywood star
- Swim with dolphins
- Take part in a TV show
- Donate blood
- Go speed dating
- Stay in a bungalow in Bora Bora
- Visit every continent
- Experience Oktoberfest
- Experience a bull fight
- Go rock climbing
- Go to a ballet
- Go to an opera
- Play in a poker tournament
- Visit a vineyard in France
- Drink a cup of coffee in Milan
- Buy a tailored suit
- Try every restaurant in Brookmans Park
- Shave my hair off
- See the Pittsburgh Steelers live in the US
- Watch a space shuttle/rocket launch
- Send a message in a bottle
- Spend a day saying yes
- Learn to make a signature cocktail
- Abseil down a tall building
- Cut down a tree with an axe
- Sleep in a tree
Sleep in my parents garden- See whales in the wild
- Sleep in a castle
Eat snailsLearn to make a balloon animal- Build an igloo
- Visit a Buddhist monastery
- Visit five temples in Cambodia
- Start a fire on a beach
- Go horse riding
- Ride a rickshaw
- Visit Auswitz
- Stay in a ice hotel
- Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- See the Tour de France
- Learn a magic trick
Visit the Eden Project- Fly to a random location in Europe and work my way home
Visit at least one European capital city [Reykjavik, Monaco]Learn to cook/bake a new item each month- Learn to graffiti
Learn some origami- Take part in a flash mob
- Learn the national anthem and sing with pride at an international sporting event
- Learn to juggle four balls
Climb the O2- Create a tie-dye piece of attire
See a volcanoRead one book a month- Visit Fussen
- Visit the Lake District
Visit the Tower of LondonRide a SegwayGet someone else to start a bucket list
Blog Posts
My Edison Project 2015 – The Summary
How many and what items have you ticked off of your list this year? These are the two most common questions I am asked in relation to my list. The fact people are asking and showing an interest in the concept is a real positive. When I first started the blog...
The Edison Project Item #1 – 365 Project
Take one photo or piece of video to represent every day of the year. This was the last task I squeezed into 2015. It was also one of the hardest items I have conquered to date, and the most surprising. The idea to take one photo to represent each day of the year came...
The Edison Project Item #86 – Learn To Cook A New Dish Each Month
Cooking is something that has fallen outside my comfort zone for too many years. It is defined as the practice or skill of preparing food. This could range from preparing a salad, roasting a beef joint, or baking a cake. These are all skills that I had never tried...
The Edison Project Item #95 – Read One Book Each Month
I do not know if reading makes you smarter, but I bloody hope so. Similarly, I do not know if blogging makes you smarter, but I still keep going. This is the first blog post in a while, and whilst some have questioned whether my efforts are waning, I can assure you...
The Edison Project Item #94 – See A Volcano
An active volcano on Tenerife is the most visited natural wonder in Spain. Crazy. I am referring to Mount Teide. The reason I find this so crazy is the fact that I have grown up thinking volcanoes are extremely dangerous and unpredictable, thus, why would so many...
The Edison Project Item #67 – Sleep In My Parents Garden
Sleeping in a tent in my parents garden at the grand age of 30. I can only wonder what my neighbours thought when they saw us. When people ask what is one of the stranger items on my list, then I think this one will rank quite highly. Having lived at the same address...
The Edison Project Item #79 – Eat Snails
The French eat an estimated 500,000,000 snails a year. I have eaten three in…my whole life. The first being last Friday at L'Escargot in London. This item was one I initially planned to tick off back in May when I visited the South of France. That did not happen, and...
The Edison Project Item #83 – Visit The Eden Project
The Eden Project is a collection of biodomes housing plants from around the world. This item was ticked off as part of my road trip to Cornwall. On this road trip, we had three attractions we definitely wanted to visit: St Michael's Mount, the Minack Theatre, and the...
The Edison Project Item #31 – Complete A Road Trip
Our road trip was to Cornwall. Home of the longest coastline in Great Britain. I'll leave it to someone else to corroborate that fact. Simply put, I wanted to complete a road trip. A long journey where we grab some basics and set off with no planned agenda. In the...
The Edison Project Item #98 – Visit The Tower Of London
If you want a fun day out, then head to the Tower of London. Completing my last Edison Project item got me thinking when and what would I be ticking off next. Nothing at the time was immediately on the horizon. This concerned me, so I decided to plan a number of items...
The Edison Project Item #92 – Climb The O2
Did you know the O2 has a 365m diameter, and a height of 52m? It is true. It also has twelve masts supporting the canopy that represent each month of the year. Why am I telling you this? I have no idea. The task was simply to climb the bloody thing. And so, last...
The Edison Project Item #99 – Ride a Segway
A Segway is a death trap, but my god they're great fun to ride. The first part of that sentence refers to the owner of the Segway company, who died riding his Segway off a cliff. Lucky for me, there were no cliffs near our location. This Edison Project item was simply...
The Edison Project Item #85 – Visit At Least One European Capital – Monaco
Is Monaco a European capital city? I don’t know, but I have been there. Let’s just say it is listed on Wikipedia under European capital cities. That means I have now ticked off two European capital cities for 2015. This item was ticked off as part of a 30th birthday...
The Edison Project Item #88 – Learn Some Origami
Fold a thousand origami cranes and you will receive good luck. I folded one. This task was to learn some origami. The eventual origami challenge I chose to master was the origami crane. This was somewhat harder than I had initially thought, but the end result was...
The Edison Project Item #71 – Learn To Make A Balloon Animal
Making a balloon animal is my new party trick. I only make dogs though. This is one of the smaller, and sillier items on my bucket list – learn to make a balloon animal. It came about following a conversation with an old friend who had received a balloon modelling kit...
The Edison Project Item #33 – Bake A Cake
These are the princess cupcakes I decorated and baked for a friend’s kid’s birthday…or so I keep telling people. That is actually the honest truth. It was the fifth birthday of a family friend’s child, and it was the first opportunity for me to tick off ‘#33 - Bake a...
The Edison Project Item #85 – Visit At Least One European Capital – Reykjavik
Being present for Iceland's worst storm this winter was not what we had planned. The idea was to visit Iceland to go see the northern lights, and the extreme landscape the country has to offer. Instead we found ourselves confined to our hotel for three out of the five...
The Edison Project Item #30 – Own A Pet
Meet Edi and Albert, our new pet goldfish in their temple inspired fish tank. This was the first item on my list to be completed in 2015. Named after the scientists Thomas Edison (anyone would think I am obsessed with him) and Albert Einstein, we now have not one, but...
My Edison Project 2015 – The 100 List
The Edison Project for 2015 has been reloaded with the full items listed here. I have made one or two amends in order to be more aligned to the SMARTER goal setting methodology. You will also notice a few new items replacing those completed in the 2014 Edison Project....
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Nicholas Moon
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